I got mine, hmm, I bought it myself so I was in my twenties. Ours had SMB/Duck Hunt with Zapper. We had or rented SMB2, SMB3, Zelda, Zelda II, Star Tropics, among others. We rented a lot. I know we owned SMB/Duck Hunt, Zelda, Zelda II and Star Tropics. I'm not sure what else we owned.

I also remember playing the Atari 2600, though I never owned one myself. I think the Nintendo Entertainment System was the first home video game system I ever had. (Actually, the only one really- though I later got a portable one- my Sega Game Gear, which I still like to play every now and then. )
I think our family got the NES somewhere in the late '80s for Christmas one year- I was probably 6 or 7 maybe...

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I bought my NES with some serious chore money in 1987. K-Mart Pong then graduated to the 2600. Rocked my world to play the NES the first time. Even being a arcade hall bandit for so long the Nintendo seemed too cool!

I got mine just a few years back, in 2007. It came with the classic SMB/Duck Hunt combo-cartridge (which I had to buy separately, even when it was the same seller and at the same time ŽŽ) and I also bought a very beaten-up copy of Rad Racer (which only costed me $3 dollars) and a Double Dragon 1 cartridge... that one worthed $5, but itīs general status was not so good either. I did not bought or have played anymore games on that NES, because they were so expensive, but I am still on the mood for some SMB. Just like old times

Sweet! I have thought of investing in a NES again just to relive some old video game playing time of my youth.
Double Dragon is an excellent fighting game- one of my favorites. And of course you can't beat the Super Mario Bros. games.

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The unbelievable hype and anticipation for the release of SMB 2 was crazy! Stores sold out so fast and were giving away so many rain checks, I thought I would never get my hands on it.

The best part of getting back into the old systems and games is that they are so cheap (US anyway). My original Sega Genesis and Sega CD were lost years ago, but I recently replaced them and a few games for under $30.

Also, emulators on the PC rock!

Ps My friend never understood why I would not use the brakes in Rad Racer...MAX SPEED of course!

The unbelievable hype and anticipation for the release of SMB 2 was crazy! Stores sold out so fast and were giving away so many rain checks, I thought I would never get my hands on it.

Do you mean Super Mario Bros. 2 or Super Mario Bros. 3? I remember the hype for the third one more so than the second. And yes, that was huge- I remember getting SMB3 for Christmas in 1990. That was pretty awesome.

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It's hard to believe, but the hype for 2 was huge! Most kids I knew heard it was coming only to see it delayed and release date(s) pushed further and further back. I think, but am not positive, that SMB2 was supposed to be a completely different game, they just added sprites of the Mario characters to get something out the door. This gave them time to completely polish off SMB3 (would have been 2).

When 3 came out, man, that was pretty insane, too! So different, it really solidified the franchise.

That was a great Christmas gift you got, I remember it being one of the most expensive games at that time! I had to drool over my cousins copy for what seemed like an eternity.

You can actually play the original game intended for the title of Super Mario Bros. 2 on the Super Nintendo system- on the "Mario's All Stars" game, there is a game called "Super Mario Bros. Lost Levels" that you can play- that one is the game in question. And it is pretty hard and challenging, but I think that's a good thing as it's more fun to tackle it.

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I remember getting SMB3 for Christmas in 1990. That was pretty awesome.

That must have been pretty awesome, Indeed !

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The best part of getting back into the old systems and games is that they are so cheap (US anyway). My original Sega Genesis and Sega CD were lost years ago, but I recently replaced them and a few games for under $30.

Yeah, there are some more-than-interesting deals on Ebay and other sites. I recently bought a very nice Gameboy (plus a game) for next to no money ... and I wanted one really badly since I was a kid.

Congratulations on getting your stuff back for such an excellent price man.

Thanks! The shipping was almost as expensive as the console, but I suppose being in Argentina it must be really difficult. Not just the shipping cost but I guess even finding someone who will ship internationally.

I have a good friend who lives in Chile and whenever somebody visits they usually take a large suitcase filled with goodies. The extra baggage fee is a lot cheaper than shipping it! Have you found many good regional sites for your collections? Do you do use any emulators for video games and consoles?

As far as emulation goes I have a hobby of building arcade machines with PC game emulation software. So pretty much anything that is available console wise I do, except for current or still common platforms . I use a program called HyperSpin that runs them all through a customizable GUI.

This is a book that really got me started and was super fun and informative:

As far as emulation goes I have a hobby of building arcade machines with PC game emulation software. So pretty much anything that is available console wise I do, except for current or still common platforms . I use a program called HyperSpin that runs them all through a customizable GUI.

This is a book that really got me started and was super fun and informative:

Do you use 220 volt AC? Do many people get systems based on 110v and have success using converters? Very interesting stuff!

That is REALLY cool man! I have seen a few videos explaining the idea before, but I have never got to meet someone who actually did it.

As for the volts... that is really a problem sometimes. All my systems work with the 220v standard, but the foreign ones I got from the Internet do it at 110. Of course, If you plug in those into our walls sockets, you could destroy not only the console, but most of the electrical circuit.

Most consoles I have seen came with converters anyway (and if not, they still are surprisingly cheap) so most people dont have any kind of troubles playing with their new machines

Very interesting indeed!

EDIT: Thanks for the book info, I will give it a look as soonest as I get some spare time.

That is REALLY cool man! I have seen a few videos explaining the idea before, but I have never got to meet someone who actually did it. .

It is really fun. I teamed up with my brother-in-law who builds the cabinets, while I handle software and electronics.

Granted not everybody has space for a huge cabinet, so lots of times people just build a PC and link it to a TV screen, then use whatever controller they like the most.

Yeah, thatīs exactly what I saw in that video. Unfortunaly, I cant remember the channel nor the video title, but It was a cool and very lovely machine (based on Windows 7 if I remember correctly) with images and gameplays for every game in the DB. Iīd love to have one of those around

As far as emulation goes I have a hobby of building arcade machines with PC game emulation software. So pretty much anything that is available console wise I do, except for current or still common platforms Wink. I use a program called HyperSpin that runs them all through a customizable GUI.

This is a book that really got me started and was super fun and informative:

Do you use 220 volt AC? Do many people get systems based on 110v and have success using converters? Very interesting stuff!

That is REALLY cool man! I have seen a few videos explaining the idea before, but I have never got to meet someone who actually did it.

As for the volts... that is really a problem sometimes. All my systems work with the 220v standard, but the foreign ones I got from the Internet do it at 110. Of course, If you plug in those into our walls sockets, you could destroy not only the console, but most of the electrical circuit.

Most consoles I have seen came with converters anyway (and if not, they still are surprisingly cheap) so most people dont have any kind of troubles playing with their new machines Smile

Very interesting indeed!

EDIT: Thanks for the book info, I will give it a look as soonest as I get some spare time.

Just to echo the comments here- WOW! Way cool!
If you care to do so, I'd be interested to see some pictures here of your finished products.

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